RIYADH — The Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing Majid Bin Abdullah Al-Hogail has affirmed that the visit of Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik of the Sultanate of Oman and his accompanying delegation to Saudi Arabia reflects the strength and firmness of relations between the two countries and the keenness to enhance means of joint cooperation in various fields. Minister Al-Hogail has commended deep, close and fraternal relations between the two sisterly countries and their peoples, and the continuous cooperation being witnessed in all fields in light of the joint keenness of the two leaderships to consolidate and strengthen them through the exchange of successful experiences including among them the housing sector, real estate development and city planning. He stressed that this visit will contribute to increasing joint cooperation in economic, social, and other fields to achieve the directives of the leaders of the two countries and meet the aspirations of the two peoples by strengthening economic relations and raising the level of trade exchange between the two countries to a higher level to accomplish the objectives of the Kingdom"s Vision 2030 and Oman"s Vision 2040 by investing in major development projects for the interest of the two sisterly countries and peoples. — SPA